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GNPCC Nonprofit Summit

In partnership with The Nonprofit Center at La Salle University's School of Business

This event is designed to answer the fundamental question of “What do for-profit companies want from nonprofit partners?”   With nonprofits doing important work in their communities, it’s those organizations that are able to address that question skillfully and emphatically while creating mutually beneficial relationships.  As corporate philanthropy has changed in recent years, with countless corporate mergers and restructuring and emphasis on employee engagement, it is increasingly essential for nonprofits who are seeking connections with businesses to change and adapt their approaches and offerings. 
 
We will be joined by five corporate representatives who will share their experiences collaborating with nonprofit organizations.  They will share the factors that are important to them in selecting a partner and what they expect.   Along the way, we’ll better understand where nonprofits may go wrong in their pursuit of corporate partnerships, the role of brand alignment, the importance of doing your homework, what is reasonable to expect from both parties and how to design the relationships so that they work to the benefit of both parties.  

Meet the Panel: 

Clare McKenna, Project Manager, Inverse Paradox
Dana Rusikoff, co-Founder and Business Leader for SureShade
John Fleming, owner, K12.IT
Rod Sandmeyer, President, Sandmeyer Steel
 

Meet the Facilitators:

Joan Mintz Ulmer
 

Laura Otten, PH.D.
 

Leo Otting

Lori C. Moffa
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Lori Moffa is the Director of Consulting for The Nonprofit Center at LaSalle University’s School of Business.  Lori’s appreciation and understanding of the role of the consultant stems from her own extensive experience as a consultant to a variety of nonprofits and as a professional whose role has been to work with groups of consultants. For over 20 years Lori has worked in the nonprofit sector in a variety of roles.  At United Way of King County, Seattle, she recruited and managed a corps of consultants, including some volunteer, to provide technical assistance and training to nonprofit organizations. 
During her many years in Philadelphia nonprofits, Lori has worked for the United Way of Gloucester County determining community needs, reviewing funding applications and distributing funds to area organizations, and as a fundraising professional for the Philadelphia Zoo, Mercy Health System,  and the Arthritis Foundation. 
One of her most significant career accomplishments was the founding of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce’s Nonprofit Council in 1995. Lori spent 8 years at the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce in various roles eventually producing educational programming for small business owners and employees.  In these roles she noticed there was nothing addressing the unique needs of the Chamber’s significant number of nonprofit members.  The Nonprofit Council was created to educate and assist this unique group.
As the Director of Consulting at The Nonprofit Center, Lori is responsible for recruiting and managing a network of over 40 consultants and interim executive directors.  She also matches the consultants with organizations in need of technical assistance and manages all aspects of these engagements.  "You make a living by what you get...But you make a life by what you give,"  -Winston Churchill
 

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In partnership with The Nonprofit Center at La Salle University's School of Business